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Overview
The two main taxes used to fund the 2016 budget of $11.037 million for City services are county sales tax and property tax. Anticipated sales tax in 2016 is $945,000 or 9% of the total revenue and levied property tax in 2016 is $1,600,055 or 15% of the total. County sales tax of 1% is split between the cities of Colby, Rexford, Gem, and Brewster and Thomas County. The City of Colby receives approximately 47% of the total revenue received from the 1% sales tax. The City of Colby also collects 3/4 of 1% in City sales tax for payment on our Fire Station and Aquatic Park Bonds. The property tax rate is determined by dividing the total amount of dollars which must be collected by the total assessed valuation of all taxable property in the City. One mill is equal to $1 of taxes per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Residential real estate is to be assessed at 11.5% of fair market value and commercial and industrial real estate at 25%.